(George) Carlin To Vegas: I HATE YOU

New York Post ^ | 12/07/04 | Richard Johnson

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

December 7, 2004 -- GEORGE Carlin ended his relationship with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a devastating diss the other night.

The caustic comic finished his four-year run with a dark set that included riffs on suicides and beheadings, and made it clear that he couldn't wait to get out of "this [bleeping] hotel" and Sin City.

[theDentist]

Being a comic, and having the reputation of "dissing" every place he ever worked, this should be taken with a grain of salt.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

" When a woman yelled something that sounded like "stop degrading us," Carlin fired back, "Thank you very much, whatever that was. I hope it was positive; if not, well, [bleep] me," using slang for oral sex.

Ahhhhhhh. Those traditional, down home blue state "values" on proud display, once again... < /sarcasm>

[Ohiomedina]

Rest of America to Carlin: WE DON'T CARE

[JennysCool]

Whatta Bad American.

[newgeezer]

Carlin used to be funny. Now, he's just another ultra-liberal comic has-been.

Maybe I grew up and he didn't. Anyway, something changed since the glory days of AM & FM and Class Clown. He must be the one who changed because I still think those old albums are hilarious.

[artzboy]

Carlin thinks he's a good bit smarter than the rest of us.

[Borges]

He's not all that liberal. His books are filled with Anti-PC rants that would make some liberals' heads spin.

[JennysCool]

It'll be a short hiatus, however: He's jumping to the Stardust in February after a falling out with the MGM Grand.

[My2Cents]

Carlin was funnier when he was strung out on drugs.

[FormerACLUmember]

I lost all respect for this ungreatful leftist scum years ago.

[JennysCool]

Yup. His anti-PC stuff is truly great. He's an equal-opportunity offender, always has been.

[asgardshill]

Well whaddya know? George Carlin really IS a Bad American after all!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Carlin was funnier when he was strung out on drugs.

Too bad he didn't do a Lenny Bruce, and take it to the next (logical) level. :)

[Welsh Rabbit]

Not smart. Where do you go after Vegas? Also, I wish the HBO Comedy Channel would quit showing his lame specials. He might have been cutting edge in previous decades, but now he's just old.

[TChris]

Carlin told the crowd of 700 that he was looking forward to going back east "where the real people are." He added, "People who go to Las Vegas, you've got to question their [bleeping] intellect . . . Traveling hundreds and thousands of miles to essentially give your money to a large corporation is kind of [bleeping] moronic. That's what I'm always getting here is these kind of [bleeping] people with very limited intellects."

Wow... What a wonderful example of "real people" from "back east." I'm sure the patrons of Las Vegas are all distraught over how much lowlier scum they are than this fine, upstanding example of human dignity. I know I wish I had half the intellect of George Carlin.

[bmwcyle]

George is headed for history while still living.

[Beckwith]

Carlin hasn't been funny since his heart attack (1981?).

It's a shame. I saw him right after in Atlantic City. He read his routine of 4X5 cards and half of the audience stood up and walked out when he started a long, graphic, very unfunny dissertation of picking one's nose.

[Protagoras]

Carlin used to be funny.

I think it was 1970-ish that he made his last funny comment.

[tx_eggman]

Hey George:

[TonyRo76]

Other than the two Bill & Ted's flicks, I've never cared much for this foul mouthed curmudgeon. His standup routines are awful. Of course, maybe I just fail to see the humor in being angry and mean all the time.

[WesternPacific]

We, locals, who live in Vegas agree with Carlin in that we question the tourist intellect also. They do pay money to see George Carlin.

[Spok]

Translation: they wouldn't renew his contract.

[finnman69]

I love Carlin but he is getting crankier to the point where he's not funny.

[Political Junkie Too]

Carlin hasn't been funny since his heart attack (1981?).

Or when his wife died.

Baseball/Football was probably his last good routine.

-PJ

[jpl]

I used to think that Carlin was the funniest guy I had ever seen, but when I see him on TV nowadays he strikes me as far more bitter and cynical than funny.

[KC_Conspirator]

I used to think Carlin was hilarious. Some of his comedy is quite funny. However, over the years I have come to the conclusion that much of his stuff is really not that funny; its just "edgyness" of shock and swear words. Thats not to say that swearing and shock can't be funny. Sam Kinison was one of the best ever.

[Borges]

He wasn't always like that though! He became that way in the 90s. He used to be this laid back post-hippie type observer of life's minuate.

[SlowBoat407]

Carlin has admitted in interviews as recently as this year that he is disgusted with most of what America stands for. He seems to be anti-everything and pro-nothing. I thought he was clever at times, but my revulsion for his open antagonism to this country has tainted the sound of his voice for me. He is a misanthropic wretch who has spit on the very culture that has made it possible for him to prosper.

[Jokelahoma]

I don't think Carlin is a liberal as much as he is an anarchist. He just hates authority in all its forms. Therefore, he's not funny any more. Humor needs a target, and when EVERYTHING is a target, well, it just loses some of its punch, no?

[skeeter]

The Las Vegas Review-Journal's Norm Clarke reports that Carlin told the crowd of 700 that he was looking forward to going back east "where the real people are."

Moron. Everyone in Las Vegas is from somewhere else.

[TonyRo76]

That explains it! Not being familiar with much/any of his work pre-1989, I probably missed most of the good stuff. :-I

[Welsh Rabbit]

Like "real people from back east" don't ever visit Vegas... Oh wait, they don't have to with Atlantic City being there, which is totally non-corporate... /s

[jeremiah]

George Carlin is a bitterly disillusioned and deeply unhappy man. It shows in his comedy act, and is extremely unattractive. Some people find him funny, I find him to be demented.

[TChris]

LOL! Loved it!

[bikepacker67]

Traveling hundreds and thousands of miles to essentially give your money to a large corporation is kind of [bleeping] moronic. That's what I'm always getting here is these kind of [bleeping] people with very limited intellects."

LOL... Drop another hit, Georgie.

[Exeter]

It's really sad. I saw him in concert in Houston back in 1979, and he was hysterical. Now he's just a bitter, cynical old crank who makes Scrooge look like Pauly Shore...

[diamond6]

I loved him in "Jersey Girl" but he kept using God's name as a curse word.........I HATE that!

[vetvetdoug]

Ironically, Carlin started in radio in Wichita Falls, Texas, after he was discharged at Sheppard AFB from the USAF. Carlin on local radio station there was hilarious. Somewhere along the way, his cynicism has gone over the edge into abysmal crass mediocrity.

[Borges]

Comedy seems to be a young man's game. It seems most comedians as they get older become deeply cynical and upset. Even Mark Twain became a complete misanthrope at the end of hsi life. though he aged a lot more gracefully then Carlin seems to be.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

George Carlin is what Michael Moore will be like in five or ten years.

[bikepacker67]

Other than the two Bill & Ted's flicks, I've never cared much for this foul mouthed curmudgeon.

His real old stuff was actually REALLY funny...

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[RexBeach]

Is there anywhere left in America where George is welcome?

God, he's a bitter sumbitch.

Have you seen the title of his new book? Something like "When Is Christ Bringing the Pork Chops?" My word, that is extraordinarily bad taste, that title. But then, George professes that he does not care two toots in a cuspador...about anything...except getting gigs where he can spout and make the rest of us feel like fools. Pity. He is, I think, a good man spoiled. But he spoiled himself.

[Monterrosa-24]

He is very defensive about his belief in UFOs or the strong probability of life from out there. He jumps on God believers and sez there is so much more evidence of UFOs. He is rather arrogant when spouting his beliefs.

He did a good job of narating some Thomas the Tank Engine videos.

[JennysCool]

Is that where he invented the "Hippy-Dippy Weatherman"? He was pretty button-down back then.

[InvisibleChurch]

he does it for the money ... and so people will talk about him

[Sthitch]

The rant where he says all of the forbidden words was never funny, it was simply gratuitous.

[Welsh Rabbit]

What an interesting tidbit! Thanks.

[jscd3]

He did a good job of narating some Thomas the Tank Engine videos.

Compared to Ringo Starr, he sucked as Mr Conductor

[add925]

George Carlin + Mikhael Moore = Bowling for Bucks

.....and I ain't payin'. So long sukas. Don't let the door hit you 2 in your scrawny & fat arses.